Membership
Issue 2 1 January 2016
Individual membership
The grades of individual membership and entry requirements
provide a structured and natural progression through the
grades, from Affiliate or Associate to Member. The grade of
Fellow is reserved for those who have had long experience
of a high calibre and have achieved a position of high
responsibility.
Individuals holding specific NDT qualifications, for example
PCN or equivalents (see website), may be accepted into
membership via the certification routes providing they meet
the relevant training and experience requirements. They may
progress to higher grades as they acquire higher levels of
certification.
The Institutes Constitution defines two broad categories of
membership voting and non-voting (previously referred
to as corporate and non-corporate). Members in the Affiliate
grade are not eligible to vote at Institute meetings; members
in all other grades do have a vote.
Members in the Associate, Member and Fellow grades, may
use post-nominal letters; these are detailed in the sections
that follow.
Tax relief
Institute subscriptions and Engineering Council registration
fees normally qualify for full tax relief, which may be claimed
by employed persons who pay UK income tax. Quote
reference C1/Sub/958 on the relevant tax return.
Non-voting grades
Affiliate (incorporating former Student grade)
Affiliate membership is open to any person who has a
demonstrable interest in non-destructive testing, condition
monitoring or any of the related technologies but who is
ineligible for membership, or who, for whatever reason, does
not wish to join, at one of the voting grades.
This includes:
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bona fide students of science, engineering, metallurgy
or other NDT- related subjects;
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managers, trainees or assistants engaged in NDT,
condition monitoring or related technologies; and
n NDT certificate holders, who will be referred to as BINDT
Registered Practitioners.
Voting grades
Associate AMInstNDT (incorporating former Practitioner
and Graduate grades)
Entry is by one of two routes:
Fellow FInstNDT
Entry is limited to candidates who have long experience of a
high calibre and responsibility. No specific qualifications are
laid down; each application is assessed on the overall merits
of the candidate. Typically, candidates would be of at least
five years standing as a Member and have had at least ten
years high calibre experience and achieved a position of high
responsibility.
Chartered Engineers of at least five years standing and
scientists of comparable status and seniority may also qualify.
In addition, candidates would normally have made (or be
making) a significant contribution to the NDT, condition
monitoring or associated industry and/or the Institute.
NOTE: It is the candidates responsibility to supply sufficient
information to allow BINDT to arrive at a decision on the
application. This may take the form of a written justification,
which may be requested if not originally supplied.
Member MInstNDT
Entry is by one of three routes:
Professional registration
As a Licensed Member of the Engineering Council (EC), the
Institute encourages members to register with the EC. The
Institute can assess suitably qualified members for admission
to the EC Register as Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated
Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (EngTech).
Under its Royal Charter, the EC regulates the engineering
profession in the UK and formally represents the interests of UK
engineers abroad. All candidates for registration as Chartered
Engineer, Incorporated Engineer or Engineering Technician
must satisfy the competence standards set by the EC and
be members of a Licensed Member Engineering Institution.
Applicants must show that they have a satisfactory educational
base, have undergone approved professional development
and must demonstrate, at interview, their professional
competence against specific criteria. These are described in the
Engineering Councils UK Standard for Professional Engineering
Competence (UK-SPEC), copies of which are available from the
BINDT Membership Services Department.
CEng, IEng and EngTech now follow either the Standard
Route or Individual Route. All requirements and information
about the UK-SPEC can be found on the Engineering Council
(EC) website: www.engc.org.uk/ukspec/